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Marijuana dispensary employees arrested for illegal sales by Vickie Vértiz
to customers without prescriptions, reported the Desert Sun. On the afternoon of Thursday, October 2, sheriff deputies from San Bernardino County arrived at Top Shelf Wellness Center, on 40th Street to serve a search warrant, said the Sun. The dispensary is located in an unincorporated region of the
Mexican, indeed.” Attendees will be able to do some drawing and make their very own “Scroll Manga” at the workshop. Gaby will also be hosting a Please see page 4
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county, with San Bernardino surrounding it from every direction. The paper reported that the two people arrested were Highland resident Rodrick Walker, 37, and Apple Valley resident Kenneth Hunt, 23, according to Please see page 2
San Bernardino Public Library to host manga/anime workshop by Mexico City’s Gaby Maya Artist and writer, Gaby Maya, will be visiting the San Bernardino Public Library on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 3:30 p.m. She will do a talk about some of the origins of manga and anime, as well as the influence of manga and anime in Mexico.
Gaby says, “We have a culture here (in Mexico) where anime has been a bridge to close the generation gap between parents and kids. Because everyone has watched an anime they love, and thanks to the constant re-runs, they share it with their kids. It’s something very
California only state to see progress covering uninsured children Alex Johnson, Executive Director of the Children’s Defense Fund - California, released the following statement on the U.S. Census Bureau’s State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates: “Today’s health insurance numbers show more than a 6 percent drop in the number of uninsured children in California between 2012 and 2013 – which means 56,884 more children now have health coverage. Significant progress increasing the number of covered children nationwide has decreased the number of uninsured children to historic lows. These gains are mostly due to the strong coverage guarantees in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which last year provided comprehensive health and mental health coverage to more than 44 million children across the country, and more than half of California’s children. “Since 2011, CDF-CA in partnership with AASA, the School Superintendent’s Association in California has increased the capacity of school districts to identify uninsured children and link them to health coverage. California was the only state in the country to see a statistically significant decrease in the number of uninsured children in 2013. “However, even as we cel-
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While marijuana dispensaries are on the hit list for the city attorney in San Bernardino, some of those businesses near the county are also having a bit of bad luck. Authorities recently arrested two employees in unincorporated San Bernardino County on the suspicion that they were selling marijuana
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